Category: Science

A robotic hand with fingernail-like tips lets robots peel fruit, open lids and pick up thin, flat objects with more precise, human-like dexterity.

A researcher dives into the latest research on how the health of the gut microbiome can influence the aging process.

Here are our recommendations for the must-haves you need when you start yoga.

A new vehicle is the first mass-produced passenger EV with a viable sodium-based alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries.

Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR’s Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less

Chickpeas produced seeds in simulated lunar soil, offering clues for future space farming.

The “city killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations

A 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.

The experimental manufacturing process could one day deliver a vehicle with a 1,000-plus mile range, researchers say.

The “city killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations

An experimental treatment reduces seizures and other symptoms in children with a type of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome.

The tiny bots follow patterns of light and “artificial space-time,” navigating like craft following the curved space around a black hole.

As koalas in southern Australia have grown from a few hundred to almost half a million, the marsupials show signs of regaining lost genetic variation.

A molecule made of carbon and chlorine is half as twisty as the paper loops common in math classes.